Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-02-22
West Virginia Legislature.

H. B. As, repeating the Snuff and
Tobacco Tax" was passed in the
House by vote of so to 2.
H. b. So, $50 have it discretion-
airy with the Court whether a person
indicted for felony should be put
upon his trial Mt the time nc which the
is found, and also giving
the attorney for the State the right to
erase as many jurors from the panel
as the defendant" came up on third
reading and occasioned much discus
sion. Mr.. Lucas objected to the bill,
and moved that it be recommitted to
the Committee on the Judiciary
This motion caused considerable de-
bate and several earnest and argu-
mentative speeches were made by
Mcssrs. McWhorter (patron of the
bill), Hoke and Woods in favor of
the bill, and by Messrs. Kidd, Ha-
gans and Lucas against it. Mr.. Lu-
cas- withdrew his motion to re-commit
on unanimous consent being given to
an amendment offered by him, pro-
viding that nothing contained in the
bill should apply to the trial of per-
sons now under Indictment. The
bill was thenpassed by avote of 36 to s.
Engrossed bill No. LOG, amending
the charter of the town of Charles
town, was read q third time and
passed.
Mr.. Chew introduced bill in the
House Incorporating Smithfield, JEFF
ferson county.
An unexpected turn was taken by
the Senate Thursday morning when
the bill which had been passed by the
lower house Is to prohibit the sale of
Intoxicating liquors and drinks within
the State" came up for its passage.
The opponents of the bill discovered
the fact that they could not defeat it,,
and in order to do the next best thing,
they called for the vote on tile joint
resolution which provides for the sub
mission of the question to the people
of prohibiting the manufacture and
sale Of Intoxicating liquors in the
State which had not yet been cn-
nounccd. Upon the call of the vote
on submission three members who had
voted against submission (Messrs.
Flournoy, Sommcrville and Price)
changed their votes to yea, which
gave the resolution two-thirds ma
iority. The submission will be voted
on in November. 1888, ut the next
general election. The lower house
passed the resolution two weeks pre-
vious. The bill prohibiting the sale
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on the table.
Mcssrs. j. G.. Maben and E. S.
Jamison, n committee representing
the holders of SIS, 100000 of what are
known as the West Virginia deferred
certificates, presented to the Leg
islature a communication reciting
that these certificates to the amount
of about SIP, 100000 were issued by
the State of Virginia in 1871. Prior
to that time the mother State had ar
bitrarily assumed that West Virginia
should bear one-third of the ante-bcl-
lum debt of the undivided State; but
in 1871 the Wheeling ordinance was
passed by agreement of commission
ers representing the two States fixing
the proportion of the debt justly
chargeablc to West Virginia for the
S12, 900, 900 certificates issued under
the funding act of 1871. Virginia
holds in trust her unredeemed bonds.
OF this SIP, 100000 the State holds
in various funds about 100000 of
the remaining SO, 100000 or so; S.
900, 900 are deposited at the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company at New
York, and Mcssrs. Habcn and Jemi-
son represent the holders of these S.
100000. They propose to turn over
to the State the certificates in cX-
change for her bonds Of date of ma
turity to be fixed by the Legislature
to such an amount, with interest to
the date of the proposed settlement,
rs was reported by her duly appoint
ed commissioners in 1871 to be due
by West Virginia, which report was
duly received and ratified by the Leg
islaturc. The committees proposal
was referred by each house to its fl
nance committee.
II. b. ITO, to authorize the county
of jefferson to refund its bonds, with
amendment by the Senate, was passed
by the House.